20 files changed, 597 insertions, 356 deletions
diff --git a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/authz/impl/ProvAuthorizer.java b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/authz/impl/ProvAuthorizer.java
index b7df151c..c76ce42a 100644
--- a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/authz/impl/ProvAuthorizer.java
+++ b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/authz/impl/ProvAuthorizer.java
@@ -126,21 +126,21 @@ public class ProvAuthorizer implements Authorizer {
     private boolean allowFeedsCollectionAccess(AuthzResource resource,    String method, String subject, String subjectgroup) {
 
         // Allow GET or POST unconditionally
-        return method != null && (method.equalsIgnoreCase("GET") || method.equalsIgnoreCase("POST"));
+        return method != null && ("GET".equalsIgnoreCase(method) || "POST".equalsIgnoreCase(method));
     }
 
     private boolean allowSubsCollectionAccess(AuthzResource resource, String method, String subject, String subjectgroup) {
 
         // Allow GET or POST unconditionally
-        return method != null && (method.equalsIgnoreCase("GET") || method.equalsIgnoreCase("POST"));
+        return method != null && ("GET".equalsIgnoreCase(method) || "POST".equalsIgnoreCase(method));
     }
 
     private boolean allowFeedAccess(AuthzResource resource, String method,    String subject, String subjectgroup) {
         boolean decision = false;
 
         // Allow GET, PUT, or DELETE if requester (subject) is the owner (publisher) of the feed
-        if ( method != null && (method.equalsIgnoreCase("GET") || method.equalsIgnoreCase("PUT") ||
-                method.equalsIgnoreCase("DELETE"))) {
+        if ( method != null && ("GET".equalsIgnoreCase(method) || "PUT".equalsIgnoreCase(method) ||
+        		"DELETE".equalsIgnoreCase(method))) {
 
             String owner = provData.getFeedOwner(resource.getId());
             decision = (owner != null) && owner.equals(subject);
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ public class ProvAuthorizer implements Authorizer {
         boolean decision = false;
 
         // Allow GET, PUT, or DELETE if requester (subject) is the owner of the subscription (subscriber)
-        if (method != null && (method.equalsIgnoreCase("GET") || method.equalsIgnoreCase("PUT") ||
-                method.equalsIgnoreCase("DELETE") || method.equalsIgnoreCase("POST"))) {
+        if (method != null && ("GET".equalsIgnoreCase(method) || "PUT".equalsIgnoreCase(method) ||
+        		"DELETE".equalsIgnoreCase(method) || "POST".equalsIgnoreCase(method))) {
 
             String owner = provData.getSubscriptionOwner(resource.getId());
             decision = (owner != null) && owner.equals(subject);
diff --git a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/DRFeedsServlet.java b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/DRFeedsServlet.java
index 47156d28..d7da4dc1 100644
--- a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/DRFeedsServlet.java
+++ b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/DRFeedsServlet.java
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ import org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provisioning.utils.JSONUtilities;
 import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
 import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
 
+import static org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provisioning.utils.HttpServletUtils.sendResponseError;
+
 /**
  * This servlet handles provisioning for the &lt;drFeedsURL&gt; which is the URL on the provisioning server used to
  * create new feeds.  It supports POST to create new feeds, and GET to support the Feeds Collection Query function.
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ public class DRFeedsServlet extends ProxyServlet {
      * DELETE on the &lt;drFeedsURL&gt; -- not supported.
      */
     @Override
-    public void doDelete(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException {
+    public void doDelete(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) {
         setIpAndFqdnForEelf("doDelete");
         eelflogger.info(EelfMsgs.MESSAGE_WITH_BEHALF_AND_FEEDID, req.getHeader(BEHALF_HEADER), getIdFromPath(req) + "");
         String message = "DELETE not allowed for the drFeedsURL.";
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ public class DRFeedsServlet extends ProxyServlet {
         elr.setMessage(message);
         elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED);
         eventlogger.info(elr);
-        resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED, message);
+        sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED, message, eventlogger);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -75,7 +77,7 @@ public class DRFeedsServlet extends ProxyServlet {
      * Queries</i> section in the <b>Provisioning API</b> document for details on how this method should be invoked.
      */
     @Override
-    public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException {
+    public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) {
         setIpAndFqdnForEelf("doGet");
         eelflogger.info(EelfMsgs.MESSAGE_WITH_BEHALF_AND_FEEDID, req.getHeader(BEHALF_HEADER), getIdFromPath(req) + "");
         EventLogRecord elr = new EventLogRecord(req);
@@ -84,11 +86,15 @@ public class DRFeedsServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         if (isProxyServer()) {
-            super.doGet(req, resp);
+            try {
+                super.doGet(req, resp);
+            } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                eventlogger.error("IOException" + ioe.getMessage());
+            }
             return;
         }
         String bhdr = req.getHeader(BEHALF_HEADER);
@@ -97,7 +103,7 @@ public class DRFeedsServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         String path = req
@@ -107,7 +113,7 @@ public class DRFeedsServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         // Check with the Authorizer
@@ -117,7 +123,7 @@ public class DRFeedsServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
 
@@ -133,14 +139,18 @@ public class DRFeedsServlet extends ProxyServlet {
                 elr.setMessage(message);
                 elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
                 eventlogger.info(elr);
-                resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+                sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             } else {
                 // send response
                 elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
                 eventlogger.info(elr);
                 resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
                 resp.setContentType(FEEDFULL_CONTENT_TYPE);
-                resp.getOutputStream().print(feed.asJSONObject(true).toString());
+                try {
+                    resp.getOutputStream().print(feed.asJSONObject(true).toString());
+                } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                    eventlogger.error("IOException" + ioe.getMessage());
+                }
             }
         } else {
             // Display a list of URLs
@@ -160,7 +170,11 @@ public class DRFeedsServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             eventlogger.info(elr);
             resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
             resp.setContentType(FEEDLIST_CONTENT_TYPE);
-            resp.getOutputStream().print(t);
+            try {
+                resp.getOutputStream().print(t);
+            } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                eventlogger.error("IOException" + ioe.getMessage());
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -168,7 +182,7 @@ public class DRFeedsServlet extends ProxyServlet {
      * PUT on the &lt;drFeedsURL&gt; -- not supported.
      */
     @Override
-    public void doPut(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException {
+    public void doPut(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) {
         setIpAndFqdnForEelf("doPut");
         eelflogger.info(EelfMsgs.MESSAGE_WITH_BEHALF_AND_FEEDID, req.getHeader(BEHALF_HEADER), getIdFromPath(req) + "");
         String message = "PUT not allowed for the drFeedsURL.";
@@ -176,7 +190,7 @@ public class DRFeedsServlet extends ProxyServlet {
         elr.setMessage(message);
         elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED);
         eventlogger.info(elr);
-        resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED, message);
+        sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED, message, eventlogger);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -184,7 +198,7 @@ public class DRFeedsServlet extends ProxyServlet {
      * <b>Provisioning API</b> document for details on how this method should be invoked.
      */
     @Override
-    public void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException {
+    public void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) {
         setIpAndFqdnForEelf("doPost");
         eelflogger.info(EelfMsgs.MESSAGE_WITH_BEHALF, req.getHeader(BEHALF_HEADER));
         EventLogRecord elr = new EventLogRecord(req);
@@ -193,11 +207,15 @@ public class DRFeedsServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         if (isProxyServer()) {
-            super.doPost(req, resp);
+            try {
+                super.doPost(req, resp);
+            } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                eventlogger.error("IOException" + ioe.getMessage());
+            }
             return;
         }
         String bhdr = req.getHeader(BEHALF_HEADER);
@@ -206,7 +224,7 @@ public class DRFeedsServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         String path = req
@@ -216,7 +234,7 @@ public class DRFeedsServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         // check content type is FEED_CONTENT_TYPE, version 1.0
@@ -227,7 +245,7 @@ public class DRFeedsServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         // Check with the Authorizer
@@ -237,7 +255,7 @@ public class DRFeedsServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         JSONObject jo = getJSONfromInput(req);
@@ -246,7 +264,7 @@ public class DRFeedsServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         if (intlogger.isDebugEnabled()) {
@@ -258,7 +276,7 @@ public class DRFeedsServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_CONFLICT);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_CONFLICT, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_CONFLICT, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         Feed feed = null;
@@ -269,7 +287,7 @@ public class DRFeedsServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         feed.setPublisher(bhdr);    // set from X-ATT-DR-ON-BEHALF-OF header
@@ -281,7 +299,7 @@ public class DRFeedsServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
 
@@ -293,13 +311,17 @@ public class DRFeedsServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_CREATED);
             resp.setContentType(FEEDFULL_CONTENT_TYPE);
             resp.setHeader("Location", feed.getLinks().getSelf());
-            resp.getOutputStream().print(feed.asLimitedJSONObject().toString());
+            try {
+                resp.getOutputStream().print(feed.asLimitedJSONObject().toString());
+            } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                eventlogger.error("IOException" + ioe.getMessage());
+            }
             provisioningDataChanged();
         } else {
             // Something went wrong with the INSERT
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, DB_PROBLEM_MSG);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, DB_PROBLEM_MSG, eventlogger);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/FeedServlet.java b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/FeedServlet.java
index 3f8929e7..d2452e7d 100644
--- a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/FeedServlet.java
+++ b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/FeedServlet.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import java.io.InvalidObjectException;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
+import org.json.JSONException;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 import org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.authz.AuthorizationResponse;
 import org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provisioning.beans.EventLogRecord;
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@ import org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provisioning.eelf.EelfMsgs;
 import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
 import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
 
+import static org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provisioning.utils.HttpServletUtils.sendResponseError;
+
 /**
  * This servlet handles provisioning for the &lt;feedURL&gt; which is generated by the provisioning
  * server to handle a particular feed. It supports DELETE to mark the feed as deleted,
@@ -59,7 +62,7 @@ public class FeedServlet extends ProxyServlet {
      * document for details on how this method should be invoked.
      */
     @Override
-    public void doDelete(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException {
+    public void doDelete(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) {
         setIpAndFqdnForEelf("doDelete");
         eelflogger.info(EelfMsgs.MESSAGE_WITH_BEHALF_AND_FEEDID, req.getHeader(BEHALF_HEADER),getIdFromPath(req)+"");
         EventLogRecord elr = new EventLogRecord(req);
@@ -68,11 +71,15 @@ public class FeedServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         if (isProxyServer()) {
-            super.doDelete(req, resp);
+            try {
+                super.doDelete(req, resp);
+            } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                eventlogger.error("IOException" + ioe.getMessage());
+            }
             return;
         }
         String bhdr = req.getHeader(BEHALF_HEADER);
@@ -81,7 +88,7 @@ public class FeedServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         int feedid = getIdFromPath(req);
@@ -90,7 +97,7 @@ public class FeedServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         Feed feed = Feed.getFeedById(feedid);
@@ -99,7 +106,7 @@ public class FeedServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         // Check with the Authorizer
@@ -109,7 +116,7 @@ public class FeedServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
 
@@ -126,7 +133,7 @@ public class FeedServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             // Something went wrong with the UPDATE
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, DB_PROBLEM_MSG);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, DB_PROBLEM_MSG, eventlogger);
         }
     }
     /**
@@ -135,7 +142,7 @@ public class FeedServlet extends ProxyServlet {
      * document for details on how this method should be invoked.
      */
     @Override
-    public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException {
+    public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) {
         setIpAndFqdnForEelf("doGet");
         eelflogger.info(EelfMsgs.MESSAGE_WITH_BEHALF_AND_FEEDID, req.getHeader(BEHALF_HEADER),getIdFromPath(req)+"");
         EventLogRecord elr = new EventLogRecord(req);
@@ -144,11 +151,15 @@ public class FeedServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         if (isProxyServer()) {
-            super.doGet(req, resp);
+            try {
+                super.doGet(req, resp);
+            } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                eventlogger.error("IOException" + ioe.getMessage());
+            }
             return;
         }
         String bhdr = req.getHeader(BEHALF_HEADER);
@@ -157,7 +168,7 @@ public class FeedServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         int feedid = getIdFromPath(req);
@@ -166,7 +177,7 @@ public class FeedServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         Feed feed = Feed.getFeedById(feedid);
@@ -175,7 +186,7 @@ public class FeedServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         // Check with the Authorizer
@@ -185,7 +196,7 @@ public class FeedServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
 
@@ -194,7 +205,11 @@ public class FeedServlet extends ProxyServlet {
         eventlogger.info(elr);
         resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
         resp.setContentType(FEEDFULL_CONTENT_TYPE);
-        resp.getOutputStream().print(feed.asJSONObject(true).toString());
+        try {
+            resp.getOutputStream().print(feed.asJSONObject(true).toString());
+        } catch (IOException ioe) {
+            eventlogger.error("IOException" + ioe.getMessage());
+        }
     }
     /**
      * PUT on the &lt;feedURL&gt; for a feed.
@@ -202,7 +217,7 @@ public class FeedServlet extends ProxyServlet {
      * document for details on how this method should be invoked.
      */
     @Override
-    public void doPut(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException {
+    public void doPut(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) {
         setIpAndFqdnForEelf("doPut");
         eelflogger.info(EelfMsgs.MESSAGE_WITH_BEHALF_AND_FEEDID, req.getHeader(BEHALF_HEADER),getIdFromPath(req)+"");
         EventLogRecord elr = new EventLogRecord(req);
@@ -211,11 +226,15 @@ public class FeedServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         if (isProxyServer()) {
-            super.doPut(req, resp);
+            try {
+                super.doPut(req, resp);
+            } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                eventlogger.error("IOException" + ioe.getMessage());
+            }
             return;
         }
         String bhdr = req.getHeader(BEHALF_HEADER);
@@ -224,7 +243,7 @@ public class FeedServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         int feedid = getIdFromPath(req);
@@ -233,7 +252,7 @@ public class FeedServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         Feed oldFeed = Feed.getFeedById(feedid);
@@ -242,7 +261,7 @@ public class FeedServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         // check content type is FEED_CONTENT_TYPE, version 1.0
@@ -253,7 +272,7 @@ public class FeedServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         JSONObject jo = getJSONfromInput(req);
@@ -262,7 +281,7 @@ public class FeedServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         if (intlogger.isDebugEnabled())
@@ -275,7 +294,7 @@ public class FeedServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         feed.setFeedid(feedid);
@@ -287,7 +306,7 @@ public class FeedServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         if (!oldFeed.getName().equals(feed.getName())) {
@@ -295,7 +314,7 @@ public class FeedServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         if (!oldFeed.getVersion().equals(feed.getVersion())) {
@@ -303,7 +322,7 @@ public class FeedServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         // Check with the Authorizer
@@ -313,7 +332,7 @@ public class FeedServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
 
@@ -324,15 +343,23 @@ public class FeedServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             eventlogger.info(elr);
             resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
             resp.setContentType(FEEDFULL_CONTENT_TYPE);
-            resp.getOutputStream().print(feed.asLimitedJSONObject().toString());
+            try {
+                resp.getOutputStream().print(feed.asLimitedJSONObject().toString());
+            } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                eventlogger.error("IOException" + ioe.getMessage());
+            }
 
 
             /**Change Owner ship of Feed //Adding for group feature:Rally US708115*/
             if (jo.has("changeowner") && subjectgroup != null) {
-                Boolean changeowner = (Boolean) jo.get("changeowner");
-                if (changeowner != null && changeowner.equals(true)) {
-                    feed.setPublisher(req.getHeader(BEHALF_HEADER));
-                    feed.changeOwnerShip();
+                try {
+                    Boolean changeowner = (Boolean) jo.get("changeowner");
+                    if (changeowner != null && changeowner.equals(true)) {
+                        feed.setPublisher(req.getHeader(BEHALF_HEADER));
+                        feed.changeOwnerShip();
+                    }
+                } catch (JSONException je) {
+                    eventlogger.error("JSONException" + je.getMessage());
                 }
             }
             /***End of change ownership*/
@@ -342,14 +369,14 @@ public class FeedServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             // Something went wrong with the UPDATE
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, DB_PROBLEM_MSG);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, DB_PROBLEM_MSG, eventlogger);
         }
     }
     /**
      * POST on the &lt;feedURL&gt; -- not supported.
      */
     @Override
-    public void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException {
+    public void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) {
         setIpAndFqdnForEelf("doPost");
         eelflogger.info(EelfMsgs.MESSAGE_WITH_BEHALF, req.getHeader(BEHALF_HEADER));
         String message = "POST not allowed for the feedURL.";
@@ -357,6 +384,6 @@ public class FeedServlet extends ProxyServlet {
         elr.setMessage(message);
         elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED);
         eventlogger.info(elr);
-        resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED, message);
+        sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED, message, eventlogger);
     }
 }
diff --git a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/GroupServlet.java b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/GroupServlet.java
index 8537ff4b..96a9924f 100644
--- a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/GroupServlet.java
+++ b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/GroupServlet.java
@@ -26,18 +26,15 @@ package org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provisioning;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InvalidObjectException;
-import java.util.Collection;
 
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
 import org.json.JSONObject;
-import org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.authz.AuthorizationResponse;
-import org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provisioning.BaseServlet.ContentHeader;
 import org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provisioning.beans.EventLogRecord;
 import org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provisioning.beans.Group;
-import org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provisioning.beans.Subscription;
-import org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provisioning.utils.JSONUtilities;
+
+import static org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provisioning.utils.HttpServletUtils.sendResponseError;
 
 /**
  * This servlet handles provisioning for the &lt;groups&gt; which is generated by the provisioning
@@ -53,13 +50,13 @@ public class GroupServlet extends ProxyServlet {
      * DELETE on the &lt;GRUPS&gt; -- not supported.
      */
     @Override
-    public void doDelete(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException {
+    public void doDelete(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) {
         String message = "DELETE not allowed for the GROUPS.";
         EventLogRecord elr = new EventLogRecord(req);
         elr.setMessage(message);
         elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED);
         eventlogger.info(elr);
-        resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED, message);
+        sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED, message, eventlogger);
     }
     /**
      * GET on the the list of groups to a feed/sub.
@@ -67,18 +64,22 @@ public class GroupServlet extends ProxyServlet {
      * document for details on how this method should be invoked.
      */
     @Override
-    public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException {
+    public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) {
         EventLogRecord elr = new EventLogRecord(req);
         String message = isAuthorizedForProvisioning(req);
         if (message != null) {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         if (isProxyServer()) {
-            super.doGet(req, resp);
+            try {
+                super.doGet(req, resp);
+            } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                eventlogger.error("IOException" + ioe.getMessage());
+            }
             return;
         }
         String bhdr = req.getHeader(BEHALF_HEADER);
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ public class GroupServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
 
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ public class GroupServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
 
@@ -132,7 +133,11 @@ public class GroupServlet extends ProxyServlet {
         eventlogger.info(elr);
         resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
         resp.setContentType(GROUPFULL_CONTENT_TYPE);
-        resp.getOutputStream().print(gup.asJSONObject().toString());
+        try {
+            resp.getOutputStream().print(gup.asJSONObject().toString());
+        } catch (IOException ioe) {
+            eventlogger.error("IOException" + ioe.getMessage());
+        }
 
         // Display a list of Groups
         /*Collection<Group> list = Group.getGroupById(groupid);
@@ -149,18 +154,22 @@ public class GroupServlet extends ProxyServlet {
      * PUT on the &lt;GROUPS&gt; -- not supported.
      */
     @Override
-    public void doPut(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException {
+    public void doPut(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) {
         EventLogRecord elr = new EventLogRecord(req);
         String message = isAuthorizedForProvisioning(req);
         if (message != null) {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         if (isProxyServer()) {
-            super.doPut(req, resp);
+            try {
+                super.doPut(req, resp);
+            } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                eventlogger.error("IOException" + ioe.getMessage());
+            }
             return;
         }
         String bhdr = req.getHeader(BEHALF_HEADER);
@@ -169,7 +178,7 @@ public class GroupServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         int groupid = getIdFromPath(req);
@@ -178,7 +187,7 @@ public class GroupServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         Group oldgup = Group.getGroupById(groupid);
@@ -187,7 +196,7 @@ public class GroupServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         // Check with the Authorizer
@@ -208,7 +217,7 @@ public class GroupServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         JSONObject jo = getJSONfromInput(req);
@@ -217,12 +226,12 @@ public class GroupServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         if (intlogger.isDebugEnabled())
             intlogger.debug(jo.toString());
-        Group gup = null;
+        Group gup;
         try {
             gup = new Group(jo);
         } catch (InvalidObjectException e) {
@@ -230,17 +239,15 @@ public class GroupServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         gup.setGroupid(oldgup.getGroupid());
-
-
         Group gb2 = Group.getGroupMatching(gup, oldgup.getGroupid());
         if (gb2 != null) {
             eventlogger.warn("PROV0011 Creating a duplicate Group: "+gup.getName());
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, "Duplicate Group:"+gup.getName());
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, "Duplicate Group:"+gup.getName(), eventlogger);
             return;
         }
 
@@ -251,13 +258,17 @@ public class GroupServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             eventlogger.info(elr);
             resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
             resp.setContentType(GROUPFULL_CONTENT_TYPE);
-            resp.getOutputStream().print(gup.asJSONObject().toString());
+            try {
+                resp.getOutputStream().print(gup.asJSONObject().toString());
+            } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                eventlogger.error("IOException" + ioe.getMessage());
+            }
             provisioningDataChanged();
         } else {
             // Something went wrong with the UPDATE
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, DB_PROBLEM_MSG);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, DB_PROBLEM_MSG, eventlogger);
         }
     }
     /**
@@ -266,18 +277,22 @@ public class GroupServlet extends ProxyServlet {
      * document for details on how this method should be invoked.
      */
     @Override
-    public void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException {
+    public void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) {
         EventLogRecord elr = new EventLogRecord(req);
         String message = isAuthorizedForProvisioning(req);
         if (message != null) {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         if (isProxyServer()) {
-            super.doPost(req, resp);
+            try {
+                super.doPost(req, resp);
+            } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                eventlogger.error("IOException" + ioe.getMessage());
+            }
             return;
         }
         String bhdr = req.getHeader(BEHALF_HEADER);
@@ -286,7 +301,7 @@ public class GroupServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         /*int feedid = getIdFromPath(req);
@@ -327,7 +342,7 @@ public class GroupServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         JSONObject jo = getJSONfromInput(req);
@@ -336,13 +351,13 @@ public class GroupServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         if (intlogger.isDebugEnabled())
             intlogger.debug(jo.toString());
 
-        Group gup = null;
+        Group gup;
         try {
             gup = new Group(jo);
         } catch (InvalidObjectException e) {
@@ -350,7 +365,7 @@ public class GroupServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         //gup.setFeedid(feedid);
@@ -361,7 +376,7 @@ public class GroupServlet extends ProxyServlet {
         if (gb2 != null) {
             eventlogger.warn("PROV0011 Creating a duplicate Group: "+gup.getName());
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, "Duplicate Group:"+gup.getName());
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, "Duplicate Group:"+gup.getName(), eventlogger);
             return;
         }
 
@@ -373,13 +388,17 @@ public class GroupServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             eventlogger.info(elr);
             resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_CREATED);
             resp.setContentType(GROUPFULL_CONTENT_TYPE);
-            resp.getOutputStream().print(gup.asJSONObject().toString());
+            try {
+                resp.getOutputStream().print(gup.asJSONObject().toString());
+            } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                eventlogger.error("IOException" + ioe.getMessage());
+            }
             provisioningDataChanged();
         } else {
             // Something went wrong with the INSERT
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, DB_PROBLEM_MSG);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, DB_PROBLEM_MSG, eventlogger);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/InternalServlet.java b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/InternalServlet.java
index 61845cef..c35978b6 100644
--- a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/InternalServlet.java
+++ b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/InternalServlet.java
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ import org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provisioning.utils.RLEBitSet;
 import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
 import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
 
+import static org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provisioning.utils.HttpServletUtils.sendResponseError;
+
 /**
  * <p>
  * This servlet handles requests to URLs under /internal on the provisioning server. These include:
@@ -164,7 +166,7 @@ public class InternalServlet extends ProxyServlet {
      * details on how this method should be invoked.
      */
     @Override
-    public void doDelete(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException {
+    public void doDelete(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) {
         setIpAndFqdnForEelf("doDelete");
         eelflogger.info(EelfMsgs.MESSAGE_WITH_BEHALF_AND_FEEDID, req.getHeader(BEHALF_HEADER), getIdFromPath(req) + "");
         EventLogRecord elr = new EventLogRecord(req);
@@ -172,14 +174,18 @@ public class InternalServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage("Unauthorized.");
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, "Unauthorized.");
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, "Unauthorized.", eventlogger);
             return;
         }
 
         String path = req.getPathInfo();
         if (path.startsWith("/api/")) {
             if (isProxyOK(req) && isProxyServer()) {
-                super.doDelete(req, resp);
+                try {
+                    super.doDelete(req, resp);
+                } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                    intlogger.error("IOException" + ioe.getMessage());
+                }
                 return;
             }
             String key = path.substring(5);
@@ -196,13 +202,13 @@ public class InternalServlet extends ProxyServlet {
                         // Something went wrong with the DELETE
                         elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
                         eventlogger.info(elr);
-                        resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, DB_PROBLEM_MSG);
+                        sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, DB_PROBLEM_MSG, eventlogger);
                     }
                     return;
                 }
             }
         }
-        resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, "Bad URL.");
+        sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, "Bad URL.", eventlogger);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -210,14 +216,15 @@ public class InternalServlet extends ProxyServlet {
      * document for details on how this method should be invoked.
      */
     @Override
-    public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException {
+    public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) {
         setIpAndFqdnForEelf("doGet");
         eelflogger.info(EelfMsgs.MESSAGE_WITH_BEHALF_AND_FEEDID, req.getHeader(BEHALF_HEADER), getIdFromPath(req) + "");
         String path = req.getPathInfo();
+        Properties props = (new DB()).getProperties();
         if (path.equals("/halt") && !req.isSecure()) {
             // request to halt the server - can ONLY come from localhost
             String remote = req.getRemoteAddr();
-            if (remote.equals("127.0.0.1")) {
+            if (remote.equals(props.getProperty("org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provserver.localhost"))) {
                 intlogger.info("PROV0009 Request to HALT received.");
                 resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
                 Main.shutdown();
@@ -233,7 +240,7 @@ public class InternalServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage("Unauthorized.");
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, "Unauthorized.");
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, "Unauthorized.", eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         if (path.equals("/fetchProv") && !req.isSecure()) {
@@ -245,8 +252,12 @@ public class InternalServlet extends ProxyServlet {
         }
         if (path.equals("/prov")) {
             if (isProxyOK(req) && isProxyServer()) {
-                if (super.doGetWithFallback(req, resp)) {
-                    return;
+                try {
+                    if (super.doGetWithFallback(req, resp)) {
+                        return;
+                    }
+                } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                    intlogger.error("IOException" + ioe.getMessage());
                 }
                 // fall back to returning the local data if the remote is unreachable
                 intlogger.info("Active server unavailable; falling back to local copy.");
@@ -254,18 +265,25 @@ public class InternalServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             Poker p = Poker.getPoker();
             resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
             resp.setContentType(PROVFULL_CONTENT_TYPE2);
-            resp.getOutputStream().print(p.getProvisioningString());
+            try {
+                resp.getOutputStream().print(p.getProvisioningString());
+            } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                intlogger.error("IOException" + ioe.getMessage());
+            }
             return;
         }
         if (path.equals("/logs") || path.equals("/logs/")) {
             resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
             resp.setContentType("application/json");
-            resp.getOutputStream().print(generateLogfileList().toString());
+            try {
+                resp.getOutputStream().print(generateLogfileList().toString());
+            } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                intlogger.error("IOException" + ioe.getMessage());
+            }
             return;
         }
         if (path.startsWith("/logs/")) {
-            Properties p = (new DB()).getProperties();
-            String logdir = p.getProperty("org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provserver.accesslog.dir");
+            String logdir = props.getProperty("org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provserver.accesslog.dir");
             String logfile = path.substring(6);
             if (logdir != null && logfile != null && logfile.indexOf('/') < 0) {
                 File log = new File(logdir + "/" + logfile);
@@ -273,16 +291,24 @@ public class InternalServlet extends ProxyServlet {
                     resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
                     resp.setContentType("text/plain");
                     Path logpath = Paths.get(log.getAbsolutePath());
-                    Files.copy(logpath, resp.getOutputStream());
+                    try {
+                        Files.copy(logpath, resp.getOutputStream());
+                    } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                        intlogger.error("IOException" + ioe.getMessage());
+                    }
                     return;
                 }
             }
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NO_CONTENT, "No file.");
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_NO_CONTENT, "No file.", eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         if (path.startsWith("/api/")) {
             if (isProxyOK(req) && isProxyServer()) {
-                super.doGet(req, resp);
+                try {
+                    super.doGet(req, resp);
+                } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                    intlogger.error("IOException" + ioe.getMessage());
+                }
                 return;
             }
             String key = path.substring(5);
@@ -291,7 +317,11 @@ public class InternalServlet extends ProxyServlet {
                 if (param != null) {
                     resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
                     resp.setContentType("text/plain");
-                    resp.getOutputStream().print(param.getValue() + "\n");
+                    try {
+                        resp.getOutputStream().print(param.getValue() + "\n");
+                    } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                        intlogger.error("IOException" + ioe.getMessage());
+                    }
                     return;
                 }
             }
@@ -301,10 +331,14 @@ public class InternalServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             LogfileLoader lfl = LogfileLoader.getLoader();
             resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
             resp.setContentType("text/plain");
-            resp.getOutputStream().print(lfl.getBitSet().toString());
+            try {
+                resp.getOutputStream().print(lfl.getBitSet().toString());
+            } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                intlogger.error("IOException" + ioe.getMessage());
+            }
             return;
         }
-        resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, "Bad URL.");
+        sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, "Bad URL.", eventlogger);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -312,7 +346,7 @@ public class InternalServlet extends ProxyServlet {
      * details on how this method should be invoked.
      */
     @Override
-    public void doPut(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException {
+    public void doPut(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) {
         setIpAndFqdnForEelf("doPut");
         eelflogger.info(EelfMsgs.MESSAGE_WITH_BEHALF_AND_FEEDID, req.getHeader(BEHALF_HEADER), getIdFromPath(req) + "");
         EventLogRecord elr = new EventLogRecord(req);
@@ -320,13 +354,17 @@ public class InternalServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage("Unauthorized.");
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, "Unauthorized.");
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, "Unauthorized.", eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         String path = req.getPathInfo();
         if (path.startsWith("/api/")) {
             if (isProxyOK(req) && isProxyServer()) {
-                super.doPut(req, resp);
+                try {
+                    super.doPut(req, resp);
+                } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                    intlogger.error("IOException" + ioe.getMessage());
+                }
                 return;
             }
             String key = path.substring(5);
@@ -345,13 +383,13 @@ public class InternalServlet extends ProxyServlet {
                         // Something went wrong with the UPDATE
                         elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
                         eventlogger.info(elr);
-                        resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, DB_PROBLEM_MSG);
+                        sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, DB_PROBLEM_MSG, eventlogger);
                     }
                     return;
                 }
             }
         }
-        resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, "Bad URL.");
+        sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, "Bad URL.", eventlogger);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -360,7 +398,7 @@ public class InternalServlet extends ProxyServlet {
      */
     @SuppressWarnings("resource")
     @Override
-    public void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException {
+    public void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) {
         setIpAndFqdnForEelf("doPost");
         eelflogger.info(EelfMsgs.MESSAGE_WITH_BEHALF, req.getHeader(BEHALF_HEADER));
         EventLogRecord elr = new EventLogRecord(req);
@@ -368,14 +406,18 @@ public class InternalServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage("Unauthorized.");
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, "Unauthorized.");
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, "Unauthorized.", eventlogger);
             return;
         }
 
         String path = req.getPathInfo();
         if (path.startsWith("/api/")) {
             if (isProxyOK(req) && isProxyServer()) {
-                super.doPost(req, resp);
+                try {
+                    super.doPost(req, resp);
+                } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                    intlogger.error("IOException" + ioe.getMessage());
+                }
                 return;
             }
             String key = path.substring(5);
@@ -394,7 +436,7 @@ public class InternalServlet extends ProxyServlet {
                         // Something went wrong with the INSERT
                         elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
                         eventlogger.info(elr);
-                        resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, DB_PROBLEM_MSG);
+                        sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, DB_PROBLEM_MSG, eventlogger);
                     }
                     return;
                 }
@@ -433,8 +475,12 @@ public class InternalServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             long total = 0;
             long avail = 0;
             for (FileStore store : fs.getFileStores()) {
-                total += store.getTotalSpace();
-                avail += store.getUsableSpace();
+                try {
+                    total += store.getTotalSpace();
+                    avail += store.getUsableSpace();
+                } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                    intlogger.error("IOException" + ioe.getMessage());
+                }
             }
             try {
                 fs.close();
@@ -448,12 +494,16 @@ public class InternalServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             }
             Path tmppath = Paths.get(spooldir, spoolname);
             Path donepath = Paths.get(spooldir, "IN." + spoolname);
-            Files.copy(req.getInputStream(), Paths.get(spooldir, spoolname), StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
-            Files.move(tmppath, donepath, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
-            elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_CREATED);
-            resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_CREATED);
-            eventlogger.info(elr);
-            LogfileLoader.getLoader();    // This starts the logfile loader "task"
+            try {
+                Files.copy(req.getInputStream(), Paths.get(spooldir, spoolname), StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
+                Files.move(tmppath, donepath, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
+                elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_CREATED);
+                resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_CREATED);
+                eventlogger.info(elr);
+                LogfileLoader.getLoader();    // This starts the logfile loader "task"
+            } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                intlogger.error("IOException" + ioe.getMessage());
+            }
             return;
         }
 
@@ -467,23 +517,27 @@ public class InternalServlet extends ProxyServlet {
                 eventlogger.info(elr);
                 return;
             }
-            InputStream is = req.getInputStream();
-            ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-            int ch = 0;
-            while ((ch = is.read()) >= 0) {
-                bos.write(ch);
+            try {
+                InputStream is = req.getInputStream();
+                ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+                int ch;
+                while ((ch = is.read()) >= 0) {
+                    bos.write(ch);
+                }
+                RLEBitSet bs = new RLEBitSet(bos.toString());    // The set of records to retrieve
+                elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
+                resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
+                resp.setContentType("text/plain");
+                LogRecord.printLogRecords(resp.getOutputStream(), bs);
+                eventlogger.info(elr);
+            } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                intlogger.error("IOException" + ioe.getMessage());
             }
-            RLEBitSet bs = new RLEBitSet(bos.toString());    // The set of records to retrieve
-            elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
-            resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
-            resp.setContentType("text/plain");
-            LogRecord.printLogRecords(resp.getOutputStream(), bs);
-            eventlogger.info(elr);
             return;
         }
 
         elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND);
-        resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, "Bad URL.");
+        sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, "Bad URL.", eventlogger);
         eventlogger.info(elr);
     }
 
diff --git a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/ProxyServlet.java b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/ProxyServlet.java
index 8d6bfcf0..66a9d42b 100755
--- a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/ProxyServlet.java
+++ b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/ProxyServlet.java
@@ -109,8 +109,7 @@ public class ProxyServlet extends BaseServlet {
         try (FileInputStream instream = new FileInputStream(new File(store))) {
             ks.load(instream, pass.toCharArray());
         } catch (FileNotFoundException fileNotFoundException) {
-            System.err.println("ProxyServlet: " + fileNotFoundException);
-            fileNotFoundException.printStackTrace();
+            intlogger.error("ProxyServlet: " + fileNotFoundException.getMessage());
         } catch (Exception x) {
             System.err.println("READING TRUSTSTORE: " + x);
         }
diff --git a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/RouteServlet.java b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/RouteServlet.java
index aa0d6f57..a9b22ec0 100644
--- a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/RouteServlet.java
+++ b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/RouteServlet.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
+import org.json.JSONException;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 import org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provisioning.beans.Deleteable;
 import org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provisioning.beans.EgressRoute;
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@ import org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provisioning.beans.Insertable;
 import org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provisioning.beans.NetworkRoute;
 import org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provisioning.beans.NodeClass;
 
+import static org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provisioning.utils.HttpServletUtils.sendResponseError;
+
 /**
  * <p>
  * This servlet handles requests to URLs under /internal/route/ on the provisioning server.
@@ -130,17 +133,21 @@ public class RouteServlet extends ProxyServlet {
      * DELETE route table entries by deleting part of the route table tree.
      */
     @Override
-    public void doDelete(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException {
+    public void doDelete(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) {
         EventLogRecord elr = new EventLogRecord(req);
         if (!isAuthorizedForInternal(req)) {
             elr.setMessage("Unauthorized.");
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, "Unauthorized.");
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, "Unauthorized.", eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         if (isProxyOK(req) && isProxyServer()) {
-            super.doDelete(req, resp);
+            try {
+                super.doDelete(req, resp);
+            } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                eventlogger.error("IOException" + ioe.getMessage());
+            }
             return;
         }
 
@@ -154,12 +161,12 @@ public class RouteServlet extends ProxyServlet {
                     int feedid = Integer.parseInt(parts[1]);
                     IngressRoute er = IngressRoute.getIngressRoute(feedid, parts[2], parts[3].replaceAll("!", "/"));
                     if (er == null) {
-                        resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, "The specified ingress route does not exist.");
+                        sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, "The specified ingress route does not exist.", eventlogger);
                         return;
                     }
                     d = new Deleteable[] { er };
                 } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-                    resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, "Invalid feed ID in 'delete ingress' command.");
+                    sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, "Invalid feed ID in 'delete ingress' command.", eventlogger);
                     return;
                 }
             } else if (parts.length == 2) {
@@ -169,11 +176,11 @@ public class RouteServlet extends ProxyServlet {
                     Set<IngressRoute> set = IngressRoute.getIngressRoutesForSeq(seq);
                     d = set.toArray(new Deleteable[0]);
                 } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-                    resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, "Invalid sequence number in 'delete ingress' command.");
+                    sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, "Invalid sequence number in 'delete ingress' command.", eventlogger);
                     return;
                 }
             } else {
-                resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, "Invalid number of arguments in 'delete ingress' command.");
+                sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, "Invalid number of arguments in 'delete ingress' command.", eventlogger);
                 return;
             }
         } else if (parts[0].equals("egress")) {
@@ -183,16 +190,16 @@ public class RouteServlet extends ProxyServlet {
                     int subid = Integer.parseInt(parts[1]);
                     EgressRoute er = EgressRoute.getEgressRoute(subid);
                     if (er == null) {
-                        resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, "The specified egress route does not exist.");
+                        sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, "The specified egress route does not exist.", eventlogger);
                         return;
                     }
                     d = new Deleteable[] { er };
                 } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-                    resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, "Invalid sub ID in 'delete egress' command.");
+                    sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, "Invalid sub ID in 'delete egress' command.", eventlogger);
                     return;
                 }
             } else {
-                resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, "Invalid number of arguments in 'delete egress' command.");
+                sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, "Invalid number of arguments in 'delete egress' command.", eventlogger);
                 return;
             }
         } else if (parts[0].equals("network")) {
@@ -205,16 +212,16 @@ public class RouteServlet extends ProxyServlet {
                     );
                     d = new Deleteable[] { nr };
                 } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
-                    resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, "The specified network route does not exist.");
+                    sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, "The specified network route does not exist.", eventlogger);
                     return;
                 }
             } else {
-                resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, "Invalid number of arguments in 'delete network' command.");
+                sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, "Invalid number of arguments in 'delete network' command.", eventlogger);
                 return;
             }
         }
         if (d == null) {
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, "Bad URL.");
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, "Bad URL.", eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         boolean rv = true;
@@ -231,24 +238,28 @@ public class RouteServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             // Something went wrong with the DELETE
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, DB_PROBLEM_MSG);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, DB_PROBLEM_MSG, eventlogger);
         }
     }
     /**
      * GET route table entries from the route table tree specified by the URL path.
      */
     @Override
-    public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException {
+    public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) {
         EventLogRecord elr = new EventLogRecord(req);
         if (!isAuthorizedForInternal(req)) {
             elr.setMessage("Unauthorized.");
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, "Unauthorized.");
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, "Unauthorized.", eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         if (isProxyOK(req) && isProxyServer()) {
-            super.doGet(req, resp);
+            try {
+                super.doGet(req, resp);
+            } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                eventlogger.error("IOException" + ioe.getMessage());
+            }
             return;
         }
 
@@ -256,7 +267,7 @@ public class RouteServlet extends ProxyServlet {
         if (!path.endsWith("/"))
             path += "/";
         if (!path.equals("/") && !path.equals("/ingress/") && !path.equals("/egress/") && !path.equals("/network/")) {
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, "Bad URL.");
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, "Bad URL.", eventlogger);
             return;
         }
 
@@ -283,7 +294,11 @@ public class RouteServlet extends ProxyServlet {
                 for (String key : jx.keySet()) {
                     sb.append(pfx);
                     sb.append("  \"").append(key).append("\": ");
-                    sb.append("\"").append(jx.getString(key)).append("\"");
+                    try {
+                        sb.append("\"").append(jx.getString(key)).append("\"");
+                    } catch (JSONException je) {
+                        eventlogger.error("JSONException" + je.getMessage());
+                    }
                     pfx = ",\n";
                 }
             }
@@ -305,38 +320,46 @@ public class RouteServlet extends ProxyServlet {
         sb.append("}\n");
         resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
         resp.setContentType("application/json");
-        resp.getOutputStream().print(sb.toString());
+        try {
+            resp.getOutputStream().print(sb.toString());
+        } catch (IOException ioe) {
+            eventlogger.error("IOException" + ioe.getMessage());
+        }
     }
     /**
      * PUT on &lt;/internal/route/*&gt; -- not supported.
      */
     @Override
-    public void doPut(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException {
+    public void doPut(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) {
         EventLogRecord elr = new EventLogRecord(req);
         if (!isAuthorizedForInternal(req)) {
             elr.setMessage("Unauthorized.");
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, "Unauthorized.");
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, "Unauthorized.", eventlogger);
             return;
         }
-        resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, "Bad URL.");
+        sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, "Bad URL.", eventlogger);
     }
     /**
      * POST - modify existing route table entries in the route table tree specified by the URL path.
      */
     @Override
-    public void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException {
+    public void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) {
         EventLogRecord elr = new EventLogRecord(req);
         if (!isAuthorizedForInternal(req)) {
             elr.setMessage("Unauthorized.");
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, "Unauthorized.");
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, "Unauthorized.", eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         if (isProxyOK(req) && isProxyServer()) {
-            super.doPost(req, resp);
+            try {
+                super.doPost(req, resp);
+            } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                intlogger.error("IOException" + ioe.getMessage());
+            }
             return;
         }
         String path = req.getPathInfo();
@@ -358,7 +381,7 @@ public class RouteServlet extends ProxyServlet {
                 ins = new Insertable[] { new IngressRoute(seq, feedid, user, subnet, NodeClass.lookupNodeNames(nodepatt)) };
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 intlogger.info(e);
-                resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, "Invalid arguments in 'add ingress' command.");
+                sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, "Invalid arguments in 'add ingress' command.", intlogger);
                 return;
             }
         } else if (path.startsWith("/egress/")) {
@@ -367,14 +390,14 @@ public class RouteServlet extends ProxyServlet {
                 int subid = Integer.parseInt(req.getParameter("sub"));
                 EgressRoute er = EgressRoute.getEgressRoute(subid);
                 if (er != null) {
-                    resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, "An egress route already exists for that subscriber.");
+                    sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, "An egress route already exists for that subscriber.", intlogger);
                     return;
                 }
                 String node = NodeClass.normalizeNodename(req.getParameter("node"));
                 ins = new Insertable[] { new EgressRoute(subid, node) };
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 intlogger.info(e);
-                resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, "Invalid arguments in 'add egress' command.");
+                sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, "Invalid arguments in 'add egress' command.", intlogger);
                 return;
             }
         } else if (path.startsWith("/network/")) {
@@ -384,7 +407,7 @@ public class RouteServlet extends ProxyServlet {
                 String nto   = req.getParameter("to");
                 String nvia  = req.getParameter("via");
                 if (nfrom == null || nto == null || nvia == null) {
-                    resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, "Missing arguments in 'add network' command.");
+                    sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, "Missing arguments in 'add network' command.", intlogger);
                     return;
                 }
                 nfrom = NodeClass.normalizeNodename(nfrom);
@@ -393,19 +416,19 @@ public class RouteServlet extends ProxyServlet {
                 NetworkRoute nr = new NetworkRoute(nfrom, nto, nvia);
                 for (NetworkRoute route : NetworkRoute.getAllNetworkRoutes()) {
                     if (route.getFromnode() == nr.getFromnode() && route.getTonode() == nr.getTonode()) {
-                        resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, "Network route table already contains a route for "+nfrom+" and "+nto);
+                        sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, "Network route table already contains a route for " + nfrom + " and " + nto, intlogger);
                         return;
                     }
                 }
                 ins = new Insertable[] { nr };
             } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
                 intlogger.info(e);
-                resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, "Invalid arguments in 'add network' command.");
+                sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, "Invalid arguments in 'add network' command.", intlogger);
                 return;
             }
         }
         if (ins == null) {
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, "Bad URL.");
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, "Bad URL.", intlogger);
             return;
         }
         boolean rv = true;
@@ -422,7 +445,7 @@ public class RouteServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             // Something went wrong with the INSERT
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, DB_PROBLEM_MSG);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, DB_PROBLEM_MSG, intlogger);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/StatisticsServlet.java b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/StatisticsServlet.java
index 4917402c..3902dc63 100755
--- a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/StatisticsServlet.java
+++ b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/StatisticsServlet.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
 import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
-import java.sql.Statement;
 import java.text.ParseException;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Calendar;
@@ -44,6 +43,8 @@ import org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provisioning.beans.EventLogRecord;
 import org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provisioning.utils.DB;
 import org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provisioning.utils.LOGJSONObject;
 
+import static org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provisioning.utils.HttpServletUtils.sendResponseError;
+
 /**
  * This Servlet handles requests to the &lt;Statistics API&gt; and  &lt;Statistics consilidated
  * resultset&gt;,
@@ -64,13 +65,13 @@ public class StatisticsServlet extends BaseServlet {
    * DELETE a logging URL -- not supported.
    */
   @Override
-  public void doDelete(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException {
+  public void doDelete(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) {
     String message = "DELETE not allowed for the logURL.";
     EventLogRecord elr = new EventLogRecord(req);
     elr.setMessage(message);
     elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED);
     eventlogger.info(elr);
-    resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED, message);
+    sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED, message, eventlogger);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -78,24 +79,27 @@ public class StatisticsServlet extends BaseServlet {
    * <b>Statistics API</b> document for details on how this     method should be invoked.
    */
   @Override
-  public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException {
+  public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) {
 
     Map<String, String> map = buildMapFromRequest(req);
     if (map.get("err") != null) {
-      resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, "Invalid arguments: " + map.get("err"));
+      sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, "Invalid arguments: " + map.get("err"), eventlogger);
       return;
     }
     // check Accept: header??
 
     resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
     resp.setContentType(LOGLIST_CONTENT_TYPE);
-    ServletOutputStream out = resp.getOutputStream();
 
     String outputType = "json";
     String feedids = null;
 
     if (req.getParameter("feedid") == null && req.getParameter("groupid") == null) {
-      out.print("Invalid request, Feedid or Group ID is required.");
+      try {
+        resp.getOutputStream().print("Invalid request, Feedid or Group ID is required.");
+      } catch (IOException ioe) {
+        eventlogger.error("IOException: " + ioe.getMessage());
+      }
     }
 
     if (req.getParameter("feedid") != null && req.getParameter("groupid") == null) {
@@ -114,10 +118,8 @@ public class StatisticsServlet extends BaseServlet {
         System.out.println("groupid1" + groupid1.toString());
 
 
-      } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-        e.printStackTrace();
-      } catch (SQLException e) {
-        e.printStackTrace();
+      } catch (NumberFormatException | SQLException e) {
+        eventlogger.error(e.getMessage());
       }
     }
     if (req.getParameter("groupid") != null && req.getParameter("feedid") != null) {
@@ -135,10 +137,8 @@ public class StatisticsServlet extends BaseServlet {
         System.out.println("groupid1" + groupid1.toString());
 
 
-      } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-        e.printStackTrace();
-      } catch (SQLException e) {
-        e.printStackTrace();
+      } catch (NumberFormatException | SQLException e) {
+        eventlogger.error(e.getMessage());
       }
     }
 
@@ -179,8 +179,11 @@ public class StatisticsServlet extends BaseServlet {
     if (req.getParameter("output_type") != null) {
       outputType = req.getParameter("output_type");
     }
-
-    this.getRecordsForSQL(map, outputType, out, resp);
+    try {
+      this.getRecordsForSQL(map, outputType, resp.getOutputStream(), resp);
+    } catch (IOException ioe) {
+      eventlogger.error("IOException: " + ioe.getMessage());
+    }
 
   }
 
@@ -288,7 +291,7 @@ public class StatisticsServlet extends BaseServlet {
           System.out.println("feedIds" + feedIds.toString());
       }
     } catch (SQLException e) {
-      e.printStackTrace();
+      eventlogger.error(e.getMessage());
     } finally {
       try {
         if (resultSet != null) {
@@ -299,7 +302,7 @@ public class StatisticsServlet extends BaseServlet {
           db.release(conn);
         }
       } catch (Exception e) {
-        e.printStackTrace();
+        eventlogger.error(e.getMessage());
       }
     }
     return feedIds;
@@ -399,26 +402,26 @@ public class StatisticsServlet extends BaseServlet {
    * PUT a Statistics URL -- not supported.
    */
   @Override
-  public void doPut(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException {
+  public void doPut(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) {
     String message = "PUT not allowed for the StatisticsURL.";
     EventLogRecord elr = new EventLogRecord(req);
     elr.setMessage(message);
     elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED);
     eventlogger.info(elr);
-    resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED, message);
+    sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED, message, eventlogger);
   }
 
   /**
    * POST a Statistics URL -- not supported.
    */
   @Override
-  public void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException {
+  public void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) {
     String message = "POST not allowed for the StatisticsURL.";
     EventLogRecord elr = new EventLogRecord(req);
     elr.setMessage(message);
     elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED);
     eventlogger.info(elr);
-    resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED, message);
+    sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED, message, eventlogger);
   }
 
   private Map<String, String> buildMapFromRequest(HttpServletRequest req) {
@@ -562,18 +565,15 @@ public class StatisticsServlet extends BaseServlet {
           }
         }
       } catch (SQLException e) {
-        e.printStackTrace();
+        eventlogger.error("SQLException:" + e);
       }
       intlogger.debug("Time: " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - start) + " ms");
     } catch (IOException e) {
       eventlogger.error("IOException - Generating JSON/CSV:" + e);
-      e.printStackTrace();
     } catch (JSONException e) {
       eventlogger.error("JSONException - executing SQL query:" + e);
-      e.printStackTrace();
     } catch (ParseException e) {
       eventlogger.error("ParseException - executing SQL query:" + e);
-      e.printStackTrace();
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/SubscribeServlet.java b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/SubscribeServlet.java
index 21d391e5..e8828f12 100644
--- a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/SubscribeServlet.java
+++ b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/SubscribeServlet.java
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ import org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provisioning.utils.JSONUtilities;
 import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
 import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
 
+import static org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provisioning.utils.HttpServletUtils.sendResponseError;
+
 /**
  * This servlet handles provisioning for the &lt;subscribeURL&gt; which is generated by the provisioning server to
  * handle the creation and inspection of subscriptions to a specific feed.
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ public class SubscribeServlet extends ProxyServlet {
      * DELETE on the &lt;subscribeUrl&gt; -- not supported.
      */
     @Override
-    public void doDelete(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException {
+    public void doDelete(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) {
         setIpAndFqdnForEelf("doDelete");
         eelflogger.info(EelfMsgs.MESSAGE_WITH_BEHALF_AND_SUBID, req.getHeader(BEHALF_HEADER), getIdFromPath(req) + "");
         String message = "DELETE not allowed for the subscribeURL.";
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ public class SubscribeServlet extends ProxyServlet {
         elr.setMessage(message);
         elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED);
         eventlogger.info(elr);
-        resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED, message);
+        sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED, message, eventlogger);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ public class SubscribeServlet extends ProxyServlet {
      * Query</i> section in the <b>Provisioning API</b> document for details on how this method should be invoked.
      */
     @Override
-    public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException {
+    public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) {
         setIpAndFqdnForEelf("doGet");
         eelflogger.info(EelfMsgs.MESSAGE_WITH_BEHALF_AND_SUBID, req.getHeader(BEHALF_HEADER), getIdFromPath(req) + "");
         EventLogRecord elr = new EventLogRecord(req);
@@ -85,11 +87,15 @@ public class SubscribeServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         if (isProxyServer()) {
-            super.doGet(req, resp);
+            try {
+                super.doGet(req, resp);
+            } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                eventlogger.error("IOException: " + ioe.getMessage());
+            }
             return;
         }
         String bhdr = req.getHeader(BEHALF_HEADER);
@@ -98,7 +104,7 @@ public class SubscribeServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         int feedid = getIdFromPath(req);
@@ -107,7 +113,7 @@ public class SubscribeServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         Feed feed = Feed.getFeedById(feedid);
@@ -116,7 +122,7 @@ public class SubscribeServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         // Check with the Authorizer
@@ -126,7 +132,7 @@ public class SubscribeServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
 
@@ -139,14 +145,18 @@ public class SubscribeServlet extends ProxyServlet {
         eventlogger.info(elr);
         resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
         resp.setContentType(SUBLIST_CONTENT_TYPE);
-        resp.getOutputStream().print(t);
+        try {
+            resp.getOutputStream().print(t);
+        } catch (IOException ioe) {
+            eventlogger.error("IOException: " + ioe.getMessage());
+        }
     }
 
     /**
      * PUT on the &lt;subscribeUrl&gt; -- not supported.
      */
     @Override
-    public void doPut(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException {
+    public void doPut(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) {
         setIpAndFqdnForEelf("doPut");
         eelflogger.info(EelfMsgs.MESSAGE_WITH_BEHALF_AND_SUBID, req.getHeader(BEHALF_HEADER), getIdFromPath(req) + "");
         String message = "PUT not allowed for the subscribeURL.";
@@ -154,7 +164,7 @@ public class SubscribeServlet extends ProxyServlet {
         elr.setMessage(message);
         elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED);
         eventlogger.info(elr);
-        resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED, message);
+        sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED, message, eventlogger);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -171,11 +181,15 @@ public class SubscribeServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         if (isProxyServer()) {
-            super.doPost(req, resp);
+            try {
+                super.doPost(req, resp);
+            } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                eventlogger.error("IOException: " + ioe.getMessage());
+            }
             return;
         }
         String bhdr = req.getHeader(BEHALF_HEADER);
@@ -184,7 +198,7 @@ public class SubscribeServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         int feedid = getIdFromPath(req);
@@ -193,7 +207,7 @@ public class SubscribeServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         Feed feed = Feed.getFeedById(feedid);
@@ -202,7 +216,7 @@ public class SubscribeServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         // Check with the Authorizer
@@ -212,7 +226,7 @@ public class SubscribeServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
 
@@ -225,7 +239,7 @@ public class SubscribeServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         JSONObject jo = getJSONfromInput(req);
@@ -234,7 +248,7 @@ public class SubscribeServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         if (intlogger.isDebugEnabled()) {
@@ -246,7 +260,7 @@ public class SubscribeServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_CONFLICT);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_CONFLICT, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_CONFLICT, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         Subscription sub = null;
@@ -258,7 +272,7 @@ public class SubscribeServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         sub.setFeedid(feedid);
@@ -280,7 +294,11 @@ public class SubscribeServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_CREATED);
             resp.setContentType(SUBFULL_CONTENT_TYPE);
             resp.setHeader("Location", sub.getLinks().getSelf());
-            resp.getOutputStream().print(sub.asLimitedJSONObject().toString());
+            try {
+                resp.getOutputStream().print(sub.asLimitedJSONObject().toString());
+            } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                eventlogger.error("IOException: " + ioe.getMessage());
+            }
 
             provisioningDataChanged();
         } else {
@@ -288,7 +306,7 @@ public class SubscribeServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             activeSubs--;
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, DB_PROBLEM_MSG);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, DB_PROBLEM_MSG, eventlogger);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/SubscriptionServlet.java b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/SubscriptionServlet.java
index 3294580b..3bfa7507 100644
--- a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/SubscriptionServlet.java
+++ b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/SubscriptionServlet.java
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ import org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provisioning.eelf.EelfMsgs;
 import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
 import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
 
+import static org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provisioning.utils.HttpServletUtils.sendResponseError;
+
 /**
  * This servlet handles provisioning for the &lt;subscriptionURL&gt; which is generated by the provisioning server to
  * handle the inspection, modification, and deletion of a particular subscription to a feed. It supports DELETE to
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ public class SubscriptionServlet extends ProxyServlet {
      * the <b>Provisioning API</b> document for details on how this method should be invoked.
      */
     @Override
-    public void doDelete(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException {
+    public void doDelete(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) {
         setIpAndFqdnForEelf("doDelete");
         eelflogger.info(EelfMsgs.MESSAGE_WITH_BEHALF_AND_SUBID, req.getHeader(BEHALF_HEADER), getIdFromPath(req) + "");
         EventLogRecord elr = new EventLogRecord(req);
@@ -75,11 +77,15 @@ public class SubscriptionServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         if (isProxyServer()) {
-            super.doDelete(req, resp);
+            try {
+                super.doDelete(req, resp);
+            } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                eventlogger.error("IOException: " + ioe.getMessage());
+            }
             return;
         }
         String bhdr = req.getHeader(BEHALF_HEADER);
@@ -88,7 +94,7 @@ public class SubscriptionServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         int subid = getIdFromPath(req);
@@ -97,7 +103,7 @@ public class SubscriptionServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         Subscription sub = Subscription.getSubscriptionById(subid);
@@ -106,7 +112,7 @@ public class SubscriptionServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         // Check with the Authorizer
@@ -116,7 +122,7 @@ public class SubscriptionServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
 
@@ -132,7 +138,7 @@ public class SubscriptionServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             // Something went wrong with the DELETE
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, DB_PROBLEM_MSG);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, DB_PROBLEM_MSG, intlogger);
         }
     }
 
@@ -142,7 +148,7 @@ public class SubscriptionServlet extends ProxyServlet {
      * invoked.
      */
     @Override
-    public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException {
+    public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) {
         setIpAndFqdnForEelf("doGet");
         eelflogger.info(EelfMsgs.MESSAGE_WITH_BEHALF_AND_SUBID, req.getHeader(BEHALF_HEADER), getIdFromPath(req) + "");
         EventLogRecord elr = new EventLogRecord(req);
@@ -151,11 +157,15 @@ public class SubscriptionServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         if (isProxyServer()) {
-            super.doGet(req, resp);
+            try {
+                super.doGet(req, resp);
+            } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                eventlogger.error("IOException: " + ioe.getMessage());
+            }
             return;
         }
         String bhdr = req.getHeader(BEHALF_HEADER);
@@ -164,7 +174,7 @@ public class SubscriptionServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         int subid = getIdFromPath(req);
@@ -173,7 +183,7 @@ public class SubscriptionServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         Subscription sub = Subscription.getSubscriptionById(subid);
@@ -182,7 +192,7 @@ public class SubscriptionServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         // Check with the Authorizer
@@ -192,7 +202,7 @@ public class SubscriptionServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
 
@@ -201,7 +211,11 @@ public class SubscriptionServlet extends ProxyServlet {
         eventlogger.info(elr);
         resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
         resp.setContentType(SUBFULL_CONTENT_TYPE);
-        resp.getOutputStream().print(sub.asJSONObject(true).toString());
+        try {
+            resp.getOutputStream().print(sub.asJSONObject(true).toString());
+        } catch (IOException ioe) {
+            eventlogger.error("IOException: " + ioe.getMessage());
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -209,7 +223,7 @@ public class SubscriptionServlet extends ProxyServlet {
      * the <b>Provisioning API</b> document for details on how this method should be invoked.
      */
     @Override
-    public void doPut(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException {
+    public void doPut(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) {
         setIpAndFqdnForEelf("doPut");
         eelflogger.info(EelfMsgs.MESSAGE_WITH_BEHALF_AND_SUBID, req.getHeader(BEHALF_HEADER), getIdFromPath(req) + "");
         EventLogRecord elr = new EventLogRecord(req);
@@ -218,11 +232,15 @@ public class SubscriptionServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         if (isProxyServer()) {
-            super.doPut(req, resp);
+            try {
+                super.doPut(req, resp);
+            } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                eventlogger.error("IOException: " + ioe.getMessage());
+            }
             return;
         }
         String bhdr = req.getHeader(BEHALF_HEADER);
@@ -231,7 +249,7 @@ public class SubscriptionServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         int subid = getIdFromPath(req);
@@ -240,7 +258,7 @@ public class SubscriptionServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         Subscription oldsub = Subscription.getSubscriptionById(subid);
@@ -249,7 +267,7 @@ public class SubscriptionServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         // Check with the Authorizer
@@ -259,7 +277,7 @@ public class SubscriptionServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         // check content type is SUB_CONTENT_TYPE, version 1.0
@@ -270,7 +288,7 @@ public class SubscriptionServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         JSONObject jo = getJSONfromInput(req);
@@ -279,7 +297,7 @@ public class SubscriptionServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         if (intlogger.isDebugEnabled()) {
@@ -293,7 +311,7 @@ public class SubscriptionServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         sub.setSubid(oldsub.getSubid());
@@ -306,7 +324,7 @@ public class SubscriptionServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
 
@@ -317,14 +335,22 @@ public class SubscriptionServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             eventlogger.info(elr);
             resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
             resp.setContentType(SUBFULL_CONTENT_TYPE);
-            resp.getOutputStream().print(sub.asLimitedJSONObject().toString());
+            try {
+                resp.getOutputStream().print(sub.asLimitedJSONObject().toString());
+            } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                eventlogger.error("IOException: " + ioe.getMessage());
+            }
 
             /**Change Owner ship of Subscriber     Adding for group feature:Rally US708115*/
             if (jo.has("changeowner") && subjectgroup != null) {
-                Boolean changeowner = (Boolean) jo.get("changeowner");
-                if (changeowner != null && changeowner.equals(true)) {
-                    sub.setSubscriber(req.getHeader(BEHALF_HEADER));
-                    sub.changeOwnerShip();
+                try {
+                    Boolean changeowner = (Boolean) jo.get("changeowner");
+                    if (changeowner != null && changeowner.equals(true)) {
+                        sub.setSubscriber(req.getHeader(BEHALF_HEADER));
+                        sub.changeOwnerShip();
+                    }
+                } catch (JSONException je) {
+                    eventlogger.error("JSONException: " + je.getMessage());
                 }
             }
             /***End of change ownership*/
@@ -334,7 +360,7 @@ public class SubscriptionServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             // Something went wrong with the UPDATE
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, DB_PROBLEM_MSG);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, DB_PROBLEM_MSG, intlogger);
         }
     }
 
@@ -343,7 +369,7 @@ public class SubscriptionServlet extends ProxyServlet {
      * Schedule</i> section in the <b>Provisioning API</b> document for details on how this method should be invoked.
      */
     @Override
-    public void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException {
+    public void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) {
 // OLD pre-3.0 code
 //        String message = "POST not allowed for the subscriptionURL.";
 //        EventLogRecord elr = new EventLogRecord(req);
@@ -360,11 +386,15 @@ public class SubscriptionServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         if (isProxyServer()) {
-            super.doPost(req, resp);
+            try {
+                super.doPost(req, resp);
+            } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                eventlogger.error("IOException: " + ioe.getMessage());
+            }
             return;
         }
         String bhdr = req.getHeader(BEHALF_HEADER);
@@ -373,7 +403,7 @@ public class SubscriptionServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         final int subid = getIdFromPath(req);
@@ -382,7 +412,7 @@ public class SubscriptionServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         // check content type is SUBCNTRL_CONTENT_TYPE, version 1.0
@@ -393,7 +423,7 @@ public class SubscriptionServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         // Check with the Authorizer
@@ -403,7 +433,7 @@ public class SubscriptionServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         JSONObject jo = getJSONfromInput(req);
@@ -412,7 +442,7 @@ public class SubscriptionServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
             return;
         }
         try {
@@ -434,7 +464,7 @@ public class SubscriptionServlet extends ProxyServlet {
             elr.setMessage(message);
             elr.setResult(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
             eventlogger.info(elr);
-            resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message);
+            sendResponseError(resp, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, message, eventlogger);
         }
     }
 
@@ -474,7 +504,6 @@ public class SubscriptionServlet extends ProxyServlet {
                 }
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 intlogger.warn("Caught exception in SubscriberNotifyThread: " + e);
-                e.printStackTrace();
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/beans/Feed.java b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/beans/Feed.java
index c08bce57..9c060d5e 100644
--- a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/beans/Feed.java
+++ b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/beans/Feed.java
@@ -72,8 +72,9 @@ public class Feed extends Syncable {
         try {
             DB db = new DB();
             Connection conn = db.getConnection();
-            try(Statement stmt = conn.createStatement()) {
-                try(ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery("select COUNT(*) from FEEDS where FEEDID = " + id)) {
+            try(PreparedStatement stmt = conn.prepareStatement("select COUNT(*) from FEEDS where FEEDID = ?")) {
+                stmt.setInt(1, id);
+                try(ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery()) {
                     if (rs.next()) {
                         count = rs.getInt(1);
                     }
diff --git a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/beans/Group.java b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/beans/Group.java
index a460d647..91d6c1b4 100644
--- a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/beans/Group.java
+++ b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/beans/Group.java
@@ -133,14 +133,15 @@ public class Group extends Syncable {
     }
 
     public static Collection<String> getGroupsByClassfication(String classfication) {
-        List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
-        String sql = "select * from GROUPS where classification = '" + classfication + "'";
+        List<String> list = new ArrayList<>();
+        String sql = "select * from GROUPS where classification = ?";
         try {
             DB db = new DB();
             @SuppressWarnings("resource")
             Connection conn = db.getConnection();
-            try(Statement stmt = conn.createStatement()) {
-                try(ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql)) {
+            try(PreparedStatement stmt = conn.prepareStatement(sql)) {
+                stmt.setString(1, classfication);
+                try(ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery()) {
                     while (rs.next()) {
                         int groupid = rs.getInt("groupid");
 
diff --git a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/beans/Parameters.java b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/beans/Parameters.java
index 3e8c90b4..b2378218 100644
--- a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/beans/Parameters.java
+++ b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/beans/Parameters.java
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ public class Parameters extends Syncable {
             DB db = new DB();
             @SuppressWarnings("resource")
             Connection conn = db.getConnection();
-            try(Statement stmt = conn.createStatement()) {
-                String sql = "select KEYNAME, VALUE from PARAMETERS where KEYNAME = '" + k + "'";
-                try(ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql)) {
+            try(PreparedStatement stmt = conn.prepareStatement("select KEYNAME, VALUE from PARAMETERS where KEYNAME = ?")) {
+                stmt.setString(1, k);
+                try(ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery()) {
                     if (rs.next()) {
                         v = new Parameters(rs);
                     }
diff --git a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/beans/Subscription.java b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/beans/Subscription.java
index 027d859c..1333b55e 100644
--- a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/beans/Subscription.java
+++ b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/beans/Subscription.java
@@ -29,18 +29,13 @@ import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
 import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.sql.Statement;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.List;
+import java.util.*;
 
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 import org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provisioning.utils.DB;
 import org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provisioning.utils.URLUtilities;
 
-import java.util.Properties;
-
 /**
  * The representation of a Subscription.  Subscriptions can be retrieved from the DB, or stored/updated in the DB.
  *
@@ -93,14 +88,14 @@ public class Subscription extends Syncable {
             DB db = new DB();
             @SuppressWarnings("resource")
             Connection conn = db.getConnection();
-            Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
-            ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql);
-            while (rs.next()) {
-                Subscription sub = new Subscription(rs);
-                list.add(sub);
+            try(Statement stmt = conn.createStatement()) {
+                try(ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql)) {
+                    while (rs.next()) {
+                        Subscription sub = new Subscription(rs);
+                        list.add(sub);
+                    }
+                }
             }
-            rs.close();
-            stmt.close();
             db.release(conn);
         } catch (SQLException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
@@ -114,13 +109,13 @@ public class Subscription extends Syncable {
             DB db = new DB();
             @SuppressWarnings("resource")
             Connection conn = db.getConnection();
-            Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
-            ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery("select MAX(subid) from SUBSCRIPTIONS");
-            if (rs.next()) {
-                max = rs.getInt(1);
+            try(Statement stmt = conn.createStatement()) {
+                try(ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery("select MAX(subid) from SUBSCRIPTIONS")) {
+                    if (rs.next()) {
+                        max = rs.getInt(1);
+                    }
+                }
             }
-            rs.close();
-            stmt.close();
             db.release(conn);
         } catch (SQLException e) {
             intlogger.info("getMaxSubID: " + e.getMessage());
@@ -136,14 +131,14 @@ public class Subscription extends Syncable {
             DB db = new DB();
             @SuppressWarnings("resource")
             Connection conn = db.getConnection();
-            Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
-            ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql);
-            while (rs.next()) {
-                int subid = rs.getInt("SUBID");
-                list.add(URLUtilities.generateSubscriptionURL(subid));
+            try(Statement stmt = conn.createStatement()) {
+                try(ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql)) {
+                    while (rs.next()) {
+                        int subid = rs.getInt("SUBID");
+                        list.add(URLUtilities.generateSubscriptionURL(subid));
+                    }
+                }
             }
-            rs.close();
-            stmt.close();
             db.release(conn);
         } catch (SQLException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
@@ -162,13 +157,13 @@ public class Subscription extends Syncable {
             DB db = new DB();
             @SuppressWarnings("resource")
             Connection conn = db.getConnection();
-            Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
-            ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery("select count(*) from SUBSCRIPTIONS");
-            if (rs.next()) {
-                count = rs.getInt(1);
+            try(Statement stmt = conn.createStatement()) {
+                try(ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery("select count(*) from SUBSCRIPTIONS")) {
+                    if (rs.next()) {
+                        count = rs.getInt(1);
+                    }
+                }
             }
-            rs.close();
-            stmt.close();
             db.release(conn);
         } catch (SQLException e) {
             intlogger.warn("PROV0008 countActiveSubscriptions: " + e.getMessage());
@@ -391,11 +386,6 @@ public class Subscription extends Syncable {
             ps.setInt(10, groupid); //New field is added - Groups feature Rally:US708115 - 1610
             ps.execute();
             ps.close();
-//            ResultSet rs = ps.getGeneratedKeys();
-//            rs.first();
-//            setSubid(rs.getInt(1));    // side effect - sets the link URLs
-//            ps.close();
-
             // Update the row to set the URLs
             sql = "update SUBSCRIPTIONS set SELF_LINK = ?, LOG_LINK = ? where SUBID = ?";
             ps = c.prepareStatement(sql);
@@ -410,7 +400,9 @@ public class Subscription extends Syncable {
             e.printStackTrace();
         } finally {
             try {
-                ps.close();
+                if(ps!=null) {
+                    ps.close();
+                }
             } catch (SQLException e) {
                 e.printStackTrace();
             }
@@ -440,7 +432,9 @@ public class Subscription extends Syncable {
             e.printStackTrace();
         } finally {
             try {
-                ps.close();
+                if(ps!=null) {
+                    ps.close();
+                }
             } catch (SQLException e) {
                 e.printStackTrace();
             }
@@ -473,7 +467,9 @@ public class Subscription extends Syncable {
             e.printStackTrace();
         } finally {
             try {
-                ps.close();
+                if(ps!=null) {
+                    ps.close();
+                }
             } catch (SQLException e) {
                 e.printStackTrace();
             }
@@ -497,7 +493,9 @@ public class Subscription extends Syncable {
             e.printStackTrace();
         } finally {
             try {
-                ps.close();
+                if(ps!=null) {
+                    ps.close();
+                }
             } catch (SQLException e) {
                 e.printStackTrace();
             }
@@ -535,6 +533,11 @@ public class Subscription extends Syncable {
     }
 
     @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hash(subid, feedid, groupid, delivery, metadataOnly, subscriber, links, suspended, last_mod, created_date);
+    }
+
+    @Override
     public String toString() {
         return "SUB: subid=" + subid + ", feedid=" + feedid;
     }
diff --git a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/utils/DRRouteCLI.java b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/utils/DRRouteCLI.java
index 1bbf4460..af8bd6d3 100644
--- a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/utils/DRRouteCLI.java
+++ b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/utils/DRRouteCLI.java
@@ -339,8 +339,11 @@ public class DRRouteCLI {
             sb.append("Egress Routing Table\n");
             sb.append(String.format("%s  Node\n", ext("SubID", cw1)));
             for (int i = 0; i < subs.length; i++) {
-                String node = ert.getString(subs[i]);
-                sb.append(String.format("%s  %s\n", ext(subs[i], cw1), node));
+                if(ert!=null&&ert.length()!=0) {
+                    String node = ert.getString(subs[i]);
+                    sb.append(String.format("%s  %s\n", ext(subs[i], cw1), node));
+                }
+
             }
         }
         if (tbl.startsWith("al") || tbl.startsWith("ne")) {
diff --git a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/utils/HttpServletUtils.java b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/utils/HttpServletUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ce287f4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/utils/HttpServletUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * ============LICENSE_START==================================================
+ * * org.onap.dmaap
+ * * ===========================================================================
+ * * Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * * ===========================================================================
+ * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * *
+ *  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * *
+ *  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * * limitations under the License.
+ * * ============LICENSE_END====================================================
+ * *
+ * * ECOMP is a trademark and service mark of AT&T Intellectual Property.
+ * *
+ ******************************************************************************/
+package org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provisioning.utils;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+public class HttpServletUtils {
+    public static void sendResponseError(HttpServletResponse response, int errorCode, String message, Logger intlogger) {
+        try {
+            response.sendError(errorCode, message);
+        } catch (IOException ioe) {
+            intlogger.error("IOException" + ioe.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/utils/LogfileLoader.java b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/utils/LogfileLoader.java
index 8975f161..110c63de 100644
--- a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/utils/LogfileLoader.java
+++ b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/utils/LogfileLoader.java
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ public class LogfileLoader extends Thread {
                         try {
                             Thread.sleep(1000L);
                         } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                            Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
                         }
                         idle = false;
                     } else {
@@ -332,26 +333,25 @@ public class LogfileLoader extends Thread {
         Connection conn = null;
         try {
             conn = db.getConnection();
-            Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
-            // Build a bitset of all records in the LOG_RECORDS table
-            // We need to run this SELECT in stages, because otherwise we run out of memory!
             RLEBitSet nbs = new RLEBitSet();
-            final long stepsize = 6000000L;
-            boolean go_again = true;
-            for (long i = 0; go_again; i += stepsize) {
-                String sql = String.format("select RECORD_ID from LOG_RECORDS LIMIT %d,%d", i, stepsize);
-                try(ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql)) {
-                    go_again = false;
-                    while (rs.next()) {
-                        long n = rs.getLong("RECORD_ID");
-                        nbs.set(n);
-                        go_again = true;
+            try(Statement stmt = conn.createStatement()) {
+                // Build a bitset of all records in the LOG_RECORDS table
+                // We need to run this SELECT in stages, because otherwise we run out of memory!
+                final long stepsize = 6000000L;
+                boolean go_again = true;
+                for (long i = 0; go_again; i += stepsize) {
+                    String sql = String.format("select RECORD_ID from LOG_RECORDS LIMIT %d,%d", i, stepsize);
+                    try (ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql)) {
+                        go_again = false;
+                        while (rs.next()) {
+                            long n = rs.getLong("RECORD_ID");
+                            nbs.set(n);
+                            go_again = true;
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }
-            stmt.close();
             seq_set = nbs;
-
             // Compare with the range for this server
             // Determine the next ID for this set of record IDs
             RLEBitSet tbs = (RLEBitSet) nbs.clone();
diff --git a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/utils/URLUtilities.java b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/utils/URLUtilities.java
index b73c4639..15cc689c 100644
--- a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/utils/URLUtilities.java
+++ b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/utils/URLUtilities.java
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public class URLUtilities {
     public static String generatePeerLogsURL() {
         //Fixes for Itrack ticket - DATARTR-4#Fixing if only one Prov is configured, not to give exception to fill logs.
         String peerPodUrl = getPeerPodName();
-        if (peerPodUrl.equals("") || peerPodUrl.equals(null)) {
+        if (peerPodUrl.equals("") || peerPodUrl==null) {
             return "";
         }
 
diff --git a/datarouter-prov/src/main/resources/provserver.properties b/datarouter-prov/src/main/resources/provserver.properties
index 744bc9ce..84218b9f 100755
--- a/datarouter-prov/src/main/resources/provserver.properties
+++ b/datarouter-prov/src/main/resources/provserver.properties
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provserver.logretention        = 30
 # relaxation to accommodate OOM kubernetes deploy
 org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provserver.isaddressauthenabled = false
 
+#Localhost address config
+org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provserver.localhost = 127.0.0.1
+
 # Database access
 org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.db.driver   = org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver
 org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.db.url      = jdbc:mariadb://172.100.0.2:3306/datarouter
diff --git a/datarouter-prov/src/test/resources/h2Database.properties b/datarouter-prov/src/test/resources/h2Database.properties
index 336af0e2..a7ed3fa0 100755
--- a/datarouter-prov/src/test/resources/h2Database.properties
+++ b/datarouter-prov/src/test/resources/h2Database.properties
@@ -27,4 +27,5 @@ org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.db.url                           = jdbc:h2:mem:test;DB
 org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provserver.isaddressauthenabled  = true
 org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provserver.https.relaxation      = false
 org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provserver.accesslog.dir         = unit-test-logs
-org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provserver.spooldir              = unit-test-logs/spool
-\ No newline at end of file
+org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provserver.spooldir              = unit-test-logs/spool
+org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.provserver.localhost             = 127.0.0.1
+\ No newline at end of file